Category: Alliance Report
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7 Things Wrong with the Federal Register Notice on Marketing Mail Content
September 12, 2018 On August 23, 2018, the U.S. Postal Service said this to its customers in a Federal Register Notice: This proposed change would limit all USPS Marketing Mail, regular and nonprofit, letter-size and flat-size, to content that is only paper-based/printed matter; no merchandise or goods will be allowed of any type regardless of…
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Alliance Notes
September 12, 2018 Folio, August 28, 2018– USPS’s Flats Sequencing System Comes Under Scrutiny WYMT, August 28, 2018– Eastern Kentucky man to serve on Postal Service board USPS Link, August 29, 2018– Board of Governors Nominees confirmed, other candidates announced Government Executive, August 30, 2018– White House Expected to Keep Postal Task Force Report Secret…
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Two USPS Governors Confirmed by Senate
August 29, 2018 Two more expected Two USPS Governors were confirmed by the Senate: Robert M. Duncan of Kentucky to fill the term expiring December 8, 2018, and David C. Williams of Illinois to fill the term expiring December 8, 2019. This follows a period of 20 months in which the U.S. Postal Service operated…
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Task Force Outlook
August 29, 2018 Many have been disappointed by the fact that the Administration has not released to the public the President’s Task Force on the United States Postal System. There have been many conflicting reports about its status. And many became very distracted by a separate report released well before the Task Force deadline of…
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USPS Drops a Bomb on its Customers
August 29, 2018 The Postal Service shocked the nonprofit mailing world, and many other mailers, when it posted a surprise Federal Register Notice on August 23. Everyone should read the actual notice here. Although postal staffers have tried to soften the blow by characterizing the Notice as a “trial balloon,” “market research,” and “just gathering…
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Alliance Notes
August 29, 2018 MissouriNet, July 19, 2018– McCaskill says rural America would be hurt by U.S. Postal Service privatization News-PressNOW, July 19, 2018– Senator pushes back on privatizing Postal Service CNBC, July 23, 2018– Trump rips into ‘The Amazon Washington Post’ after report that he’s unhappy with North Korea talks Politico, July 23, 2018– Trump…
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Alliance Notes
August 29, 2018 • MissouriNet, July 19, 2018– McCaskill says rural America would be hurt by U.S. Postal Service privatization • News-PressNOW, July 19, 2018– Senator pushes back on privatizing Postal Service • CNBC, July 23, 2018– Trump rips into ‘The Amazon Washington Post’ after report that he’s unhappy with North Korea talks • Politico,…
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Keep Calm and Send Mail: Task Force Report Coming Soon
July 25, 2018 Big Event Coming Soon This is a reminder that a big event will occur in the postal world within 16 days, and also a suggestion to keep calm. On April 12 of this year President Trump signed an Executive Order on the Task Force on the United States Postal System. The Order…
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Alliance Notes—Articles on the Task Force & DGS21C
July 25, 2018 The White House, April 12, 2018–Executive Order on the Task Force on the United States Postal System USPS, April 12, 2108–Statement on Executive Order Establishing the Task Force on the United States Postal System USA Today, April 12, 2018–Trump forms task force to study Postal Service operations, finances CBS Miami, April 12,…
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A Tale of Two Steps
July 9, 2018 Image from First Edition, A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens, 1860 “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season…